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Catarina Mendonça (Ana Catarina Macedo Mendonça) completed the Doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences in 2012 by Minho University. Prior to that, she obtained a Master's degree in Cognitive Sciences (2007) by Minho University, and Licenciatura in Psychology in 2005 by the same university. She was an R&D department manager in 2012 (CCG Research), a Post-Doctoral member of the Cluster of Excellence Hearring4all, Germany in 2013; she was awarded an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellowship (Finland 2013-2014) and a Marie Skodowska-Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship (IEF, Horizon 2020 2015-2019). She obtained the title of Docent in Psychoacoustics at Aalto University in 2017. Catarina is an Assistant Professor in Universidade dos Açores since 2019. She specializes in Auditory Cognition, Human Peception, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Computational Neuroscience.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Macedo Mendonça

Citation names

  • Mendonça, Catarina
  • Hiipakka, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8F18-353D-F707
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4333-898X

Email addresses

  • ana.cm.mendonca@uac.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Acoustics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/02
Concluded
 Docent title in Psychoacoustics (Pós-doutoramento)
Aalto-yliopisto Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu, Finland
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Post-doc in Auditory perception (Pós-doutoramento)
Aalto-yliopisto Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu, Finland
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 Post-doc in Auditory Cognition (Pós-doutoramento)
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Germany
2008 - 2012
Concluded
 Doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2005 - 2007
Concluded
 Master's degree in Cognitive Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2000 - 2005
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Psicologia Escolar
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/10/01 - 2019/03/01 Principal Investigator (Research) Aalto-yliopisto, Finland
Aalto-yliopisto Signaalinkäsittely ja akustiikka, Finland
2013/01/01 - 2013/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Department für Psychologie, Germany
2012/11/01 - 2013/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Aalto-yliopisto, Finland
Aalto-yliopisto Signaalinkäsittely ja akustiikka, Finland
2012/01/01 - 2012/10/31 Science and Technology Management Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2011/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
(...)
2017/10/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Aalto-yliopisto, Finland
Aalto-yliopisto Signaalinkäsittely ja akustiikka, Finland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/11 - 2019/02 MULTISSOUND
659114
Principal investigator
Aalto-yliopisto Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu, Finland
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
2013/10 - 2015/11 Audiovisual Space
13266239
Principal investigator
Suomen Akatemia
2011 - 2014 AcoustiCAVE
PTDC/EEA-ELC/112137/2009
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/02 - 2013/11 Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all
1077/1
Post-doc Fellow
2012 - 2013 I-Sensis
39567
Principal investigator
2011 - 2012 Binaural
493674
Principal investigator
2010 - 2011 Audiovisual Perception and Action
PT2009-0186
Research Fellow
2008 - 2011 Audiovisual perception of biological motion
54943
PhD Student Fellow
2007 - 2011 Biomotion
PTDC/SAU-BEB/68455/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mendonça, Catarina. Corresponding author: Mendonça, Catarina. "The Effect of Frustration on Risk Taking and Executive Function of People with Long Term Anxiety". In Advances in Clinical Psychology, edited by G. Buela-Casal, 39-41. Madrid, Spain: DYKINSON, S.L., 2024.
    Published
  2. Catarina Mendonça. Corresponding author: Catarina Mendonça. "The Effect of Different Spatial Sound Distributions on Cognitive Load in Audiovisual Perception Tasks.". In Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics Conference Proceedings, 38-41. 2021.
    Published
  3. Mendonça, Catarina. "Psychophysical Models of Sound Localisation with Audiovisual Interactions". In The Technology of Binaural Understanding, 289-314. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-00386-9_11
Conference paper
  1. Mendonça, Catarina; Korshunova, Victoria. "Surround sound spreads visual attention and increases cognitive effort in immersive media reproductions". 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3411109.3411118
  2. Korshunova, V.; Remijn, G.B.; Elischka, S.; Mendonca, C.. "The Impact of Sound Systems on the Perception of Cinematic Content in Immersive Audiovisual Productions". 2019.
    10.1109/APMAR.2019.8709163
  3. Mendonça, C.; Delikaris-Manias, S.. "Statistical tests with MUSHRA data". 2018.
  4. Olli Rummukainen; Catarina Mendonca; Rummukainen, O.; Mendonca, C.. "Content or reproduction: Natural scene perception in immersive and non-immersive reproduction setups". 2014.
    10.1109/qomex.2014.6982301
  5. Mendonça, C.; Hiipakka, M.; Van De Par, S.; Colonius, H.. "Adaptation to non-individualized spatial sound through audiovisual experience". 2014.
  6. Rummukainen, O.; Mendonça, C.; Pulkki, V.. "Perceptual attributes of natural dynamic audiovisual scenes". 2014.
  7. Mendonca, C.. "Adaptations to non-individualized auralizations: Training and implicit learning". 2014.
  8. Mendonça, C.; Lamas, J.; Barker, T.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Pulkki, V.; Silva, C.; et al. "Reflection orders and auditory distance". 2013.
    10.1121/1.4800186
  9. Oliveira, A.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Murphy, D.; Vieira, J.; Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.. "Real-time dynamic image-source implementation for auralisation". 2013.
  10. Barker, T.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Vieira, J.; Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.. "Real-time auralisation system for virtual microphone positioning". 2012.
  11. Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.A.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Vieira, J.. "On the adaptation to non-individualised HRTF auralisations: A longitudinal study". 2012.
  12. Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.A.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Vieira, J.; Ferreira, J.. "On the improvement of auditory accuracy with non-individualized HRTF-based sounds". 2010.
Journal article
  1. Gabriel Lopes; Mara Tavares; Mendonça, Catarina. "Contrast affects stimulus detection in natural scenes". Frontiers in Neuroscience 19 (2025): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1553504/abstract.
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Filipa Ponte; Filipa Melo; Inês Duarte; Catarina Mendonça. "Multisensory effects of mask wearing on speech intelligibility and the benefit of multilingualism". CoDAS (2024): https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/20232022341en.
    10.1590/2317-1782/20232022341en
  3. Catarina Mendonça; Heng Wang; Ville Pulkki. "When Spatial Sounds Affect the Ability to Apprehend Visual Information: A Physiological Approach". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0092.
    10.17743/jaes.2022.0092
  4. Ana Arruda; Carolina Mesquita; Rodrigo Couto; Vanessa Sousa; Catarina Mendonça. "Dogs Barking and Babies Crying: The Effect of Environmental Noise on Physiological State and Cognitive Performance". Noise and Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.nah_16_23.
    10.4103/nah.nah_16_23
  5. Cordeiro, T.; Botelho, J.; Mendonça, C.. "Relationship Between the Self-Concept of Children and Their Ability to Recognize Emotions in Others". Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85117937388&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672919
  6. Catarina Mendonça; Christian Friedrich Altmann; Pietro Mandelli; Ville Pulkki. "Modeling the Perception of Audiovisual Distance: Bayesian Causal Inference and Other Models". PLOS ONE 11 12 (2016): e0165391-e0165391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165391.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0165391
  7. Hiipakka, Ana. "Reproducing Reality". Transactions of Applied Perception 14 1 (2016): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2915917.
    10.1145/2915917
  8. Petteri Hyvärinen; Catarina Mendonça; Olli Santala; Ville Pulkki; Antti A. Aarnisalo. "Auditory localization by subjects with unilateral tinnitus". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 139 5 (2016): 2280-2289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4946897.
    10.1121/1.4946897
  9. Mendonça, C.; van de Par, S.; Colonius, H.. "On recent findings and clarifications regarding the ventriloquist aftereffect". Experimental Brain Research 234 3 (2016): 933-935. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958063057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00221-015-4410-x
  10. Rummukainen, O.; Mendonça, C.; Rummukainen, Olli; Mendonca, Catarina. "Task-relevant spatialized auditory cues enhance attention orientation and peripheral target detection in natural scenes". Journal of Eye Movement Research 9 1 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029645803&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.16910/jemr.9.1.4
  11. Mendonça, C.; Escher, A.; van de Par, S.; Colonius, H.. "Predicting auditory space calibration from recent multisensory experience". Experimental Brain Research 233 7 (2015): 1983-1991. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930865047&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00221-015-4259-z
  12. Mendonça, C.; Oliveira, M.; Fontes, L.; Santos, J.. "The effect of instruction to synchronize over step frequency while walking with auditory cues on a treadmill". Human Movement Science 33 1 (2014): 33-42. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892554140&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.humov.2013.11.006
  13. Mendonça, C.. "A review on auditory space adaptations to altered head-related cues". Frontiers in Neuroscience 8 JUL (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905898525&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fnins.2014.00219
  14. Silva, C.C.; Mendonca¸, C.; Mouta, S.; Silva, R.; Campos, J.C.; Santos, J.. "Correction: Depth cues and perceived audiovisual synchrony of biological motion (PLoS ONE)". PLoS ONE 9 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896460593&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/annotation/d0e27a68-ad6d-452f-bfca-337487fc933c
  15. Mendonça, C.; Freitas, E.; Ferreira, J.P.; Raimundo, I.D.; Santos, J.A.. "Noise abatement and traffic safety: The trade-off of quieter engines and pavements on vehicle detection". Accident Analysis and Prevention 51 (2013): 11-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869862535&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aap.2012.10.018
  16. Mendonça, Catarina; Campos, Guilherme; Dias, Paulo; Santos, Jorge A.; Mendonca, Catarina; Santos, Jorge A. "Learning Auditory Space: Generalization and Long-Term Effects". PLoS ONE 8 10 (2013): e77900-e77900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077900.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0077900
  17. Hiipakka, Ana. "Depth Cues and Perceived Audiovisual Synchrony of Biological Motion". (2013):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0080096
  18. Mendonça, C.; Campos, G.; Dias, P.; Vieira, J.; Ferreira, J.P.; Santos, J.A.. "On the improvement of localization accuracy with non-individualized HRTF-based sounds". AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 60 10 (2012): 821-830. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870349596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  19. Freitas, E.; Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.A.; Murteira, C.; Ferreira, J.P.. "Traffic noise abatement: How different pavements, vehicle speeds and traffic densities affect annoyance levels". Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 17 4 (2012): 321-326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857676427&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.trd.2012.02.001
  20. Mendonca, Catarina; Sousa, Nuno; Soares, Pedro; Varajao, Isabel; Oliveira, Joao Nuno; Chova, LG; Martinez, AL; Torres, IC. "THE ROLE OF MOTION INTERACTION IN LEARNING A MATHEMATICAL TASKS IN A COMPUTER GAME". 5th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (Iceri 2012) (2012): 1370-1376. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000318422201061&KeyUID=WOS:000318422201061.
  21. Catarina Mendonça; Jorge Santos; Mendonça, Catarina; Santos, Jorge A.. "A bi-estabilidade nas representações de movimento humano a partir de estímulos visuais e auditivos". Análise Psicológica 28 2 (2012): 321-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.289.
    10.14417/ap.289
  22. Hiipakka, Ana. "The benefit of multisensory integration with biological motion signals". Experimental Brain Research 213 2-3 (2011): 185-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2620-4.
    10.1007/s00221-011-2620-4
  23. Mendonça, C.; Santos, J.A.. "The bistability in the representations human motion from visual and auditory stimuli,A bi-estabilidade nas representações de movimento humano a partir de estímulos visuais e auditivos". Analise Psicologica 28 2 (2010): 321-331. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892718281&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  24. Aragao, B.; Mendonca, C.; Fontes, L.; Santos, J. A.. "Temporal sampling in the perception of biological motion". Perception 38 (2009): 84-84. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000207905000274&KeyUID=WOS:000207905000274.
  25. Mendonca, C.; Santos, J. A.. "Auditory footsteps affect visual biological motion orientation detection". Perception 37 (2008): 109-109. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000263269900388&KeyUID=WOS:000263269900388.

Other

Dataset
  1. Hiipakka, Ana. Data from: Modeling the perception of audiovisual distance: Bayesian causal inference and other models.
    dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r5gg0
Activities

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/11 Audiovisual Perception
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristina Jordão Nazaré (PhD)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - 2021 Journal of the Audio Engineering Society Audio Engineering Society
2014 - 2019 Experimental Brain Research Elsevier

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current International Society for Psychophysics Member
2013 - Current Audio Engineering Society
2008 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental Member
2008 - Current International Multisensory Research Forum Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Psychology of Memory Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2024 - Current Psychology of Perception Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2024 - Current Neurosciences Applied to Clinical Psychological Intervention Master's in Clinical and Health Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023 - Current Introduction to Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 - Current Psicologia da Aprendizagem Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 - Current Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 - Current Laboratório de Cognição Humana Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021 - Current Psicologia da Aprendizagem Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021 - Current Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021 - Current Laboratório de Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021 - Current Seminário em Psicologia Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020 - Current Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020 - Current Psicologia da Aprendizagem Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020 - Current Laboratório de Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020 - Current Seminário em Psicologia PSychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019 - Current Psicologia da Aprendizagem Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019 - Current Cognição Humana Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019 - Current Seminário em Psicologia Psychology Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2018 - Current Communication Acoustics Masters in Acoustics Aalto-yliopisto, Finland
2016 - Current Seminar in Acoustics Masters in Acoustics (Magister) Aalto-yliopisto Sähkötekniikan ja automaation laitos, Finland
2015 - Current Seminar in Acoustics Masters in Acoustics Aalto-yliopisto Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu, Finland

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Frontiers in Neuroscience
2021/01/01 - 2031/01/01 Journal of the Audio Engineering Society Audio Engineering Society
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best Paper Award
Technische Universität Graz, Austria
2010 Best Student Paper Award
Audio Engineering Society, United States
2004 Merit award
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2003 Merit award
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Title

2018 Title of Docent in Psychoacoustics
Aalto-yliopisto, Finland